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it is in down to us by our creator. -- in doubt it to us by our creator. the sediment -- the second amendment helps the government from firelight are gun rights. three months ago i legally purchased and ar-15. i go to the range of touchholes and paper. my family is safer. if there was some wind out of your shooting children will love to have my gun in their hands and the skills to operate it. the four shootings are at an all-time low. coincidence? i do not think so. december 17 the shooting as san antonio, and man walked into a theater and started shooting. and our citizens stood up and shot him. there were no other deaths. when the police respond the average death toll is 14. when an armed citizen response, the average that toll is two. >> good evening. i am a second amendment never geadvocate. i want to fix this problem as much as you. some make firearms and assault weapons and rifles. some ought to do this for each round the trigger is pulled. these are not assault weapons. never work, it never will be. it refers to different types of fire arms and has
it is in down to us by our creator. -- in doubt it to us by our creator. the sediment -- the second amendment helps the government from firelight are gun rights. three months ago i legally purchased and ar-15. i go to the range of touchholes and paper. my family is safer. if there was some wind out of your shooting children will love to have my gun in their hands and the skills to operate it. the four shootings are at an all-time low. coincidence? i do not think so. december 17 the shooting as...
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we could use some help. we know congress could help us. they could help us today. i pray they will help us. they should do their job and they can set the law and we could begin o have a discussion about how to deal with this new lottery that we've all created. thank you. >> thank you. again, let's clarify a little bit what the options are here a little bit. you wrote a very interesting article arguing that there's a need for congressional action. walk us through why that's important. give us briefly one world in which congress essentially does nothing, remains preoccupied. when you say it's really possible that congress would do nothing to stay gridlocked, i hope that was a rhetorical question. >> oh, of course. please forgive me. >> walk us through a world where congress does not an we're relying on policies set by the white house possible unset by the next white house. compare that with the world where congress steps up and acts in terms of the practical implications of each? >> it's a big question and just a very brief answer. cops need clear rules. we expect th
we could use some help. we know congress could help us. they could help us today. i pray they will help us. they should do their job and they can set the law and we could begin o have a discussion about how to deal with this new lottery that we've all created. thank you. >> thank you. again, let's clarify a little bit what the options are here a little bit. you wrote a very interesting article arguing that there's a need for congressional action. walk us through why that's important. give...
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and you do not want us to invest in the future. the we're stuck in the here and now, i do nothing to we are. this is an incredible blueprint to begin with. this, there is a simple juxtaposition going on here. the president's budget, and correct me if i am wrong, the president's budget achieves substantial deficit reductions. it achieves a sustainable that of 3% of gdp by 2015. is that correct? sorry, sustainable deficit is what i meant to say. the second question is, is it not true that in the president's budget there is $5 billion in small business tax cut for 2012? and if you add up the 10 years, there is $160 billion in real tax cuts for small businesses? correct? >> there are substantial incentives for small businesses adding up. i do not have the exact number in front of me. >> my first question, second question -- some of my colleagues, whom i admirer and respect, which is nothing to smile about, i mean it. the first question -- why do you not show leadership in going after medicare and social security, and i personally belie
and you do not want us to invest in the future. the we're stuck in the here and now, i do nothing to we are. this is an incredible blueprint to begin with. this, there is a simple juxtaposition going on here. the president's budget, and correct me if i am wrong, the president's budget achieves substantial deficit reductions. it achieves a sustainable that of 3% of gdp by 2015. is that correct? sorry, sustainable deficit is what i meant to say. the second question is, is it not true that in the...
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keep us from moving forward. the president has said he's ready to work on all these tough issues. immigration, gun violence, the economy. but we need some help from our republican colleagues. >> but to continue your met for. if mom and dad have wildly different views how those priorities should progress, those families are also stalled which is what the difference is philosophically in the the house between the democrats and the republicans. what's different that would make people want to work especially with you've seen the project of the majority in the next elegs? >> mom and dad should talk to the family and neighbors. because as i said before americans are way ahead of the politicians on these things. they are ready for immigration reform they are ready for the fix. they are ready for some prevention measures to stop the gun violence. they are ready for us to do the big deal on the economy. so that we don't get to see millionaires and billionaires hide behind the coattails of the middle class. >> so the diffe
keep us from moving forward. the president has said he's ready to work on all these tough issues. immigration, gun violence, the economy. but we need some help from our republican colleagues. >> but to continue your met for. if mom and dad have wildly different views how those priorities should progress, those families are also stalled which is what the difference is philosophically in the the house between the democrats and the republicans. what's different that would make people want to...
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gus: patrick, are you with us? we will try one more time. are you with us? we will go to corpus christi, texas. go ahead, independent line. caller go -- colorado -- caller: he has been making vacillating statements. with the context, he obviously never was. chuck kate: has made some comments. with john kerry for secretary of state, why not check cable for defense? coast go ok. gus: i know someone who would have something to say about that. coastal this is from -- post co this is -- hostco: this is from an interview -- host: this is from an interview. being openly and gay, we have to point out that senator hegel has apologized for those remarks, saying they were ill founded -- senator hagel has said they were ill founded. >> i do think both his record on domestic issues, whether it be guns or abortion or gay rights, it is not just that. there are votes, various positions with the u.s. military having to deal with gay rights, and the naacp gave him very low marks for his civil rights record. all of this raised the question as to why the president would want hi
gus: patrick, are you with us? we will try one more time. are you with us? we will go to corpus christi, texas. go ahead, independent line. caller go -- colorado -- caller: he has been making vacillating statements. with the context, he obviously never was. chuck kate: has made some comments. with john kerry for secretary of state, why not check cable for defense? coast go ok. gus: i know someone who would have something to say about that. coastal this is from -- post co this is -- hostco: this...
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those of us who were born in the 1950's or 1960's, and there are not many of us in this room tonight, we grew up believing that we could work hard, play by the rules, and anything was possible. it was called the american dream. george carlin recently said it is called the american dream because you have to be asleep to believe it. we actually think that it is very important to acknowledge that capitalism has been planned economies as the way to move people out of poverty and improve lives. 700 million people since 1980 have been lifted out of poverty, largely through one sort of capitalism or another. but at the same time, we have to admit that capitalism in the anglo-american sense has gone off the rails a bit. for us, exhibit a of that is the inequality rate. since the 1980's, when i graduated from law school and enter the work force, my dad worked two jobs and put four children through college and law school and said this is america, you can do whatever you want. i had that experience. since 1980, the top 1% have had an increase in their income of 275%. during the same time, the mi
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we have a lot of work cut out for us. if you have ideas, we want to hear them. >> folks who want to speak, fill out a speaker card and hand them to the staff at the front. everyone will have a minute and a half. if you look to your left, there is a traffic signal in green means you have plenty of time, yellow means you have 30 seconds, and red means your time is up. we will try to remind you when you are gone. >> and you will call five at the time? >> yes. five at a time. before the fifth speaker speaks, i will call the other five up so that we do not have any breaks. are we ready to go? >> we are ready. >> with the first five please come up? [reading names] >> i would like to be entered in that i cannot give you my name. for security reasons. i am an ex-military officer. >> let these speakers speak, please. >> how do i get in on that list? >> fill out a yellow card and then put in anonymous. then they can call you up. thank you. >> go ahead, shirley. >> thank you, congressman thompson, for being here. i am glad that you
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or were not used at all. i would like to report that the contractors responsible for this problem were held accountable, but that is not the case. instead, we seem to be finding time and time again, for some inexplicable reason, they still lead not been able to provide test vacation for, the defense department released the contractor from all further obligations under the contract, including all warranties to fix all the problems and they paid the contractor in full. i tell you this story not because i think the reconstruction efforts in afghanistan will rise or fall, succeed or fail on what happens with one army garrison based in one small province in afghanistan. the reason i'm telling you this story is because it is indicative of problems that we face and we find time and time again when we do audits and inspections in afghanistan. and the problems that we have found at kunduz are indicative of larger problems and indicative of core causes of the problems we have found in afghanistan. that is what i want t
or were not used at all. i would like to report that the contractors responsible for this problem were held accountable, but that is not the case. instead, we seem to be finding time and time again, for some inexplicable reason, they still lead not been able to provide test vacation for, the defense department released the contractor from all further obligations under the contract, including all warranties to fix all the problems and they paid the contractor in full. i tell you this story not...
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when they used to be travel in afghanistan, of the from plans for, corruption, u.s. military operation. now when they travel, people are complaining about the internet being too slow or it is too expensive. this course has been introduced among young afghans. it is all good news. people are being connected. we see the new generation he burgeon last week, the fund is a for afghanistan which repurchased about 30 students through washington and the white house. when you listen to the kids and when you listen to the kids and what
when they used to be travel in afghanistan, of the from plans for, corruption, u.s. military operation. now when they travel, people are complaining about the internet being too slow or it is too expensive. this course has been introduced among young afghans. it is all good news. people are being connected. we see the new generation he burgeon last week, the fund is a for afghanistan which repurchased about 30 students through washington and the white house. when you listen to the kids and when...
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it's very easy for us to figure that out. it's very easy for us to generate those searches. you can imagine that the union of the mobile platform, the cloud computing platform, the information platform, gives us unprecedented vision into what you both are thinking about and you might want to think about as suggestions and, again, if you should opt in to that. >> it's interesting the example you take is walking about the cities. that's an example on where you are mobile. it's no longer someone sitting at a computer and i want to know a. >> the future is mobile. we call it mobile first. here in new york city, you have the explosion of high-tech start-ups. each starts with a mobile app for an iphone and an android phone. literally, that's their first design. how is the user going to interact with my service? how are they going to experience it? >> one prediction to one can make with some confidence if the year ahead is that you will publish a book because -- >> that's right. >> you and google idea director jerry cohen are publishing a book called "the new digital age." can you
it's very easy for us to figure that out. it's very easy for us to generate those searches. you can imagine that the union of the mobile platform, the cloud computing platform, the information platform, gives us unprecedented vision into what you both are thinking about and you might want to think about as suggestions and, again, if you should opt in to that. >> it's interesting the example you take is walking about the cities. that's an example on where you are mobile. it's no longer...
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automation, energy use, instrumentation of your use, etc.. this is a thermostat that you screw into your lot and it is allegedly possible for you to do this on your own. this would be a great christmas present for people who are sensitive about these kinds of things. it learns what you want with temperature. it does that dynamically. >> what is google's activity in the energy area? >> we ultimately decided to fund a lot of projects rather than build ourselves. the level of innovation in energy is equal to the energy in the tech world we would normally celebrate here. >> how does this relate to search? what is the rationale for the variety of projects that you export? >> google wants to be at the center of the information revolution and in a decade and 20 and 30 years. what we are trying to do is be part of what will happen. we are not always perfect. we do make mistakes. one of the interesting things is in kansas city where we have begun wiring up a number of houses with wireless internet. 1 gigabyte internet. the measured performance is 780
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will happen to us? when you go and ask people -- it was a, you international partners or of leadership on what we are transitioning, too. taliban? where do we compromise? we have to reach these agreements as a nation, and with our allies. it goes to the other side of the table, to talk to the paula bond. that is the key for reconciliation. another issue impacting the ability of the afghan security forces is the insider attack. sometimes, people are disappointed, and say, how could this happen? how could they turn the guns against us, when we trained them? this is an important issue. as the taliban have indicated, that is their most successful tactic to undermine trust between the afghan security forces and international security forces. it is really the most effective way of destabilizing afghan security forces. it is key to know why it is happening. the first reason is infiltration. of course, they purposefully infiltrates. we have low recruitment criteria. we do not have a strong national data system
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it is not us people. it is people who lie us into war and put us trillions of dollars into debt. the profits should belong to the country we exploit. they do not have the technology to keep up with us. we go ahead and crush them. host: repeat the title of the book. caller: it is called "family of secrets." do not cut me off. host: we have to go to " newsmakers" at the top of the hour. thank you for your comments. we apologize for the technical difficulties with the author. we expect him to join us on the subsequent program. tomorrow morning, gretchen morgenson looks at new changes in mortgage lending. steve bell will talk with us about the options for the treasury department including the discussion on the 14th amendment. evan perez will talk about the scope of the mission of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and fire arms. thank you for joining us on this sunday. enjoy the rest of your day. have a good week. "newsmakers" is next. another view from the west front of the capital as preparations continue for next week's inauguration. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp.
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what makes us different. other nations also use this. many more are seeking it and more will seek in acquiring it. president obama and those on the security team are mindful that as our nation uses this technology, we are establishing precedents that others may follow. not all of those nations will be nations that share our interests for the premium we put on protecting human life, including innocent civilians. if you want other nations to use the technologies responsibly, we must use them responsibly. if you want others to adhere to a high and rigorous standards of use, we must do so as well. we cannot expect others what we will will not do ourselves. resident obama has demanded -- president obama has demanded that we hold ourselves to the highest standards. this leads me to the final point i want to discuss today. the rigorous standards and policies of the to which we hold ourselves today when considering ordering strikes against a specific member of al qaeda outside the hot battlefield of afghanistan. what i hope to do is give you a g
what makes us different. other nations also use this. many more are seeking it and more will seek in acquiring it. president obama and those on the security team are mindful that as our nation uses this technology, we are establishing precedents that others may follow. not all of those nations will be nations that share our interests for the premium we put on protecting human life, including innocent civilians. if you want other nations to use the technologies responsibly, we must use them...
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it is time for us to stop the violence. if we have set a one child's life, we have done some good. -- saved one child poe's life, we have done some good. -- child's life, we have done some good. i do not think there is a gun owner in america who would say that an assault weapon has a place any other place and the battlefield. an assault weapon does not have a place in a school. an assault weapon does not have a place in a movie theater. an assault weapon does not have a place in a place of worship. most americans would say, it is time to make sure that assault weapons stay on the battlefield. >> to follow-up on that, you talk about what american gun owners and the public wants. it seems the biggest hurdle could be the republican controlled house. how do you get anything through the house? have there been any discussions you have had with republican members who might be willing to allow you guys to get something done? >> if you take a sensible approach and use common-sense measures to try to address this, we can get bipartis
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a lot of people are not using these locks. children are getting a hold of these guns in their houses. they're shooting themselves and shooting their friends. you have children get a hold of their parents' guns and shooting vast numbers of teacher -- mass numbers of people. if i loan somebody my automobile and they run someone down, i am responsible. i think the parents should be held just as responsible and maybe they should be facing criminal charges, but i don't hear anything about that all. it's always focused on again user and not the gun owner. if you start holding these people responsible, we would have a whole different conversation. >> how you pronounce the name of your city? >> i was a business owner in california in 1995. i had three people pull into my business, one of them was armed and held me at gunpoint and still over $50,000 worth of tools and equipment. 25 calls to 911 later, the police never showed up. they never came, never took a report. the person who robbed me did not have a gun. they were able to run fre
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a weapon, when to use it, and when not to use it. i think that is one of the things we can strive to do throughout the nation. not just here. children need to know how to protect themselves. i have 15 grandchildren. they all know how to use a weapon. they range from six to 21. nine boys and six girls. every one of them can shoot. the school program, the bay area, concord area, the have rifle teams. competitive rival teams. i would like to see this happen -- rifle teams. i like to see this happen throughout california and throughout the nation. [applause] >> good evening. my name is patrick. i have a question i want to pose and get a show of hands from the audience. the question is, who would support arming and training school staff to the point where you had adequate, immediate protection in the case of the sandy hook massacre? a show of hands for who would favor that. and who would oppose that?
a weapon, when to use it, and when not to use it. i think that is one of the things we can strive to do throughout the nation. not just here. children need to know how to protect themselves. i have 15 grandchildren. they all know how to use a weapon. they range from six to 21. nine boys and six girls. every one of them can shoot. the school program, the bay area, concord area, the have rifle teams. competitive rival teams. i would like to see this happen -- rifle teams. i like to see this...
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i don't think any of us want to be saying people should not be able to collect social security benefits when they are 65. that and medicare for people who are retiring are driving aggregate spending levels. on the discretionary side, we are cutting spending. >> which is why we are baffled you haven't tackled entitlements driving our long-range projections of the cliff. speaking of those long-range projections, i look at the claims you are reducing the deficit in the long term. we have enough trouble projecting 10 quarters and the future without rejecting 10 years. but look at when you are doing and you take the current year's funding of $165 million and pay for operations in afghanistan, including the surge, you then project it out for 10 years that this represents your current policy base line. you then estimates place the $50 billion for the war from 2013 to 2021 and count the lower funding relative to this current policy baseline as a $ 1.1 trillion spending cut. you take the related debt service -- are you guys really planning to stay in iraq at current levels and continue the surge
i don't think any of us want to be saying people should not be able to collect social security benefits when they are 65. that and medicare for people who are retiring are driving aggregate spending levels. on the discretionary side, we are cutting spending. >> which is why we are baffled you haven't tackled entitlements driving our long-range projections of the cliff. speaking of those long-range projections, i look at the claims you are reducing the deficit in the long term. we have...
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more disciplined use of resources. we need to consolidate the structure, we are engaged in restructuring our civilian personnel to try to reduce their numbers. looking at a restructuring of the military help system. i recognize there is more to do here that we have not, fundamentally, change some problems for the department of defense. also growth in military compensation. i think it is fair to say that we have had a fairly aggressive effort to hold down defense costs, and that will continue. the last step is the key to managing and leaner times, is more stability. both in terms of budget size, and ajit process. -- budget process. i hope there will be a fifth defense budget during my tenure as a comptroller. the third, in february 2011, featured some substantial reductions. the last one featured a significant reduction $487 billion over 10 years. the bill congress passed on new year's day on the fiscal cliff legislation made for some further progress. i would argue, the national security challenges have not gotten any
more disciplined use of resources. we need to consolidate the structure, we are engaged in restructuring our civilian personnel to try to reduce their numbers. looking at a restructuring of the military help system. i recognize there is more to do here that we have not, fundamentally, change some problems for the department of defense. also growth in military compensation. i think it is fair to say that we have had a fairly aggressive effort to hold down defense costs, and that will continue....